Quote Originally Posted by ozmeath
They look very nice Blu. Lovely fiddleback in the oak sheath and the deer anlter is very tidy. What's the stories behind these?
In late 2004, I purchased a sgian dubh at a local sword shop. After a short time, I discovered that it was very poorly assembled (considering what I'd paid for it). I took it apart, scrapped the cheap (painted) handle, made the new one with some materials I had on hand, and finished with several coats of marine varnish and beall buffed the works. The birds-eye maple came from a 75 year old bed frame that was de-commissioned. One of these days I plan to inlay a silver celtic cross or other design to finish it off.

The deer antler was purchased at
http://www.kilts.biz/
They had several to choose from... all one of a kind.